Don’t worry if your child late to talk

Any progress in stages of child development will certainly bring excitement for parents. The parents like finding a heaven after seeing their children began to crawl, walk or even babbling and speaking. Meanwhile, when the children had developmental delays, parents will usually feel a bit worried. The parents became worried when children cannot spend their first words.

Some parents are panicked when finding their children experience delays in talking compared to other children with the same age. But some experts suggest, parents should not be too worried with the phenomenon of speech delay in children. The study by experts from Telethon Institute for Child Health Research University of Western Australia, Perth showed that the delay on speech development is not associated with behavioral disorders or emotional problems in childhood. This study is the first study to observe language development in children aged two years until they hit teens.

The research leader, Professor Andrew Whitehouse, explained that the psychological problems only apply in early childhood and then will gradually disappear after a teenager. He explained that psychological problems arise when children are frustrated because they could not communicate properly. The researchers believe that the vast majority of children who are late to talk to adopt a normal conversation when they reach school age. And at that stage, behavioral or psychological problems are no longer visible.

In research, the experts involved 1387 children, where 142 of them have too late talking and 1245 other children develop normally. Researchers asked parents to take part in the Language Development Survey when their children aged two years and then asked to complete follow-up survey which continues until the child aged 17. The researchers emphasized that there was no serious risk due to late talking, but at the same time, they should be wary. Parents have to consult if the problem is still developing during school age.